else
7 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of ELSE
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in a different or additional manner or place
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at a different or additional time
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How else could it be done? [=in what other way could it be done?]
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Where else can we meet? [=at what other place can we meet?]
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“Where did you meet that actor?” “In Hollywood—where else?” [=at what other place would I be likely to meet an actor?]
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We decided to go someplace else for dinner.
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I don't know when else we could go. [=don't know another time when we could go]
or else
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— used to say what will happen if something is not done
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You have to leave or else you will be arrested for trespassing.
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— used to say what another possibility is
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He either thinks he can't do it or else he just isn't interested.
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informal
— used in angry speech to express a threat without saying exactly what the threat is
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Do what I say or else!
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else
/ˈɛls/
adjective
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else
/ˈɛls/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of ELSE
— used to refer to a different or additional person or thing
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He values friendship more than anything else. = He values friendship above all else.
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That's somebody else's [=some other person's] problem.
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If all else fails, surgery is an option.
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Someone else in addition to him will have to do it.
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What else did he say?
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There was nothing else to be done.
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Who else is coming to the party?
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Would you like anything/something else?
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There isn't much else [=more] going on.
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The food was cheap, if nothing else. [=the food was not very good, but at least it was cheap]
nothing else for it
something else
what else is new?
informal
— used to say that you are not surprised by something you have been told
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“They lost again.” “So what else is new?”
